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British commerce and British manufacture, and the true interests of both, shone forth with distinguished lustre. The mildness of our negotiator’s manners, his accommodating temper, and his unassuming tone, aided by his adroit management of the various interests and concerns entrusted to his care, produced the most complete success. The commercial connection between the two countries was placed on a footing certainly not in itself disadvantageous to France, but in so superior a degree beneficial to Great Britain, to that upon which any former commercial treaty had rested, that the country was contented to reap the fruits of it in silence for nearly three years, before France discovered, or was pleased to acknowledge, that it was possible for her negotiators to be over-matched by an Englishman.The convention signed by the late Comte de Montmorin was of still higher consideration than the commercial treaties, important as they were. It involved interests of state policy of the first magnitude and consequence, and put an end to the claims so often previously set up by France upon our right of sovereignty in India. It annihilated for ever, as far as the most solemn compact can have that effect, every question, dispute, or challenge of our right that could hereafter be brought forward.On the th of October , Mr. Eden, in concurrence with the late Duke of Dorset, signed and exchanged the declaration and counter-declaration with the French minister, by which it was agreed to discontinue all warlike preparations, and by which the court of France disavowed the retaining hostile views towards any quarter in consequence of what had happened in Holland.In March  Mr. Eden went to Spain as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. On his return from that embassy in October , he was promoted to the dignity of the Irish peerage; and a few weeks afterwards was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the States General of the United Provinces. In the discussion of the late definitive treaty of peace, in the House of Lords, a question was raised, whether the nonrenewal of this convention in the definitive treaty did not let loose the right of sovereignty of India, and once more reduce it to the form of a difputable claim ? But the question was fo ably and satisfactorily refuted by the noble negotiator of the convention, that it may be almost considered as a beneficial incident of debate, that any doubt was started on the fubjed.InIn May and June O, on the occasion of the disputes with Spain, and of the Spanish armament, he negotiated with the States General the prompt and friendly detachment of a considerable Dutch squadron to Portsmouth under Admiral Kinsbergen. On the th of December, , Lord Auckland concluded and signed the convention between the Emperor Leopold and the Kings of Great Britain and Prussia, and the States General of the United Provinces, relative to the affairs of the Netherlands.In  and  he took an active part as Ambassador in Holland, in preventing and repelling the mischiefs which have since overwhelmed so many of the continental powers. In April , after the repulse of the French armies, he attended the congress of the several Princes, Ambassadors, and Generals at Antwerp. On the th of the following month he was promoted to the dignity of a baron of Great Britain, by the style and title of Baron Auckland, of West Auckland, in the county of Durham.A few months afterwards he retired from the lino of foreign embassies, in which he had manifested a variety and versatility of talent for diplomacy rarely found in any one minister whom this country had, sent to different foreign courts, and in the same short period of time entrusted with such unlimited discretionary powers, respecting matters of the highest national importance, though of an opposite nature in almost every instance.Having thus rendered his country the most essential and valuable services abroad, Lord Auckland returned

amusement. By paying a constant attendance he quickly took the lead ; and the management of the court engrossed nearly two days in a week of his time, for which he never received the least emolument. Two remarks will sufficiently shew his upright conduct in this office : he never had a quarrel with a suitor, nor the least difference with a brother commissioner.He attended this court regularly nineteen years, and during that time above one hundred thousand causes passed through his hands, a greater number, probably, than ever underwent the decision of any other man.Of the practice of this court, with reports of cases, he published a useful treatise in S, vo.In  he was appointed a commissioner of the Lamp Act for the town of Birmingham.The year  was rendered remarkable for a variety of losses and domestic afflictions, under which he was greatly supported by an excellent remark of his friend Ryland, which was this, that ” there are two kinds oCcvils which a man should never grieve at, those which he cannotavoid, and those which he can.”A plain maxim, but one that is well calculated to strengthen the mind against misfortune : for if the evils are unavoidable,no remedy can be gathered from:repining, but the contrary; and if they arise from himself, the fault and the remedy are his own.The principal part of the following year he was occupied in writing the History of Birmingham, the manuscript of which being shewn to one of the first literary characters in the neighbourhood, he pronounced it to be the best topographical history he had ever seen. This work has deservedly passed through three editions, and procured for the authgr the honor of being chosen, in , a member of the Antiquarian Society at Edinburgh.Considering the variety of business in which the author was engaged, we are surprised, not only at the accuracy of this history, but at the minuteness of research which it displays. It is evident that Mr. Hutton has been no waster of his time, nor yet an inattentive observer of things. That he must have availed himself of every opportunity for reading is equally clear, and he appears to.have remembered all that he read. His memory, indeed, is wonderful; whilst this work lay in manuscript he had the whole of it by heart; and if a line of it was quoted, he could have pursued it through the remainder of the chapter.In  he was subpoened to appear at London upon a trial, which afforded him a second opportunity of examining most of the curiosities of the metropolis. Of these he wrote a very entertaining account, interspersed with anecdotes, under the title of ” a Journey to London.” The same year he visited Buxton, where he took particular notice of the absurdity of the popular notion concerning Mam-Tor,or the” Shivering’ ” Shivering Mountain,” that it is continually mouldering without being sensibly diminished. This, Mr. Hutton observes, is totally untrue, for the mountain has clearly diminished one third, and a considerable hill has been raised by the detached parts of it; and every mountain will do the same which has a perpendicular side composed of loose skerry stones and light earth.In  he published the History of the Hundred Court, being a supplement to the History of the Court of Requests. The same year appeared his account of the Battle of Bosworth-field, vo. with topographical and other illustrations.In the year  happened the memorable and disgraceful riots at Birmingham. An infatuated and furious mob having destroyed two meeting-houses, with the dwelling house and property of Dr. Priestley, proceeded the following clay to the house ot John Rylarid, Esq and about ten o’clock the same morning Mr. Hut ton’s sister came to him, with tears in her eyes, to inform him, that the mob intended to destroy his house the next. This he could scarcely believe, as he was not conscious of having given offence to any person, neither hadhe mingled with political parties. Captain Archibald, who was his next do >r /neighbour, offered to

I have applied to several distinguished members, both of the Institute and the Agricultural Society, and they have all frankly confessed they were as ignorant as myself of the terms in question. So that unless I couldQST meet meet with an inhabitant of Britanny, in which province particular terms are employed, it would be of no use for me to apply elsewhere. I am sensible, that English agriculture lays under a similar imputation, though not to so great an extent.Now, this impediment at the very outset, shews the difficulties which the society must experience in making known the result of their observations, experiments, and discoveries; while the chief cause of the great progress made in mathematics and chemistry, must be ascribed to the clear and thorough comprehension which every one engaged in those pursuits, has of the terms employed. The best and -most useful part of Mr. Locke.s Essay on the Human Understanding, is, the commencement of his work, wherein he displays the absolute necessity of acquiring the precise meaning of words. Hence, so long as one man remains entirely ignorant of the precise meaning of the words that are employed by another, he cannot possibly be benefited by the acquirements which he has made; so that here the line must be broken, and each individual must begin with the knowledge that his own observations furnish; nor is he able to communicate the knowledge he has acquired to others, unless it be in a very imperfect degree to his own immediate descendants, or nearest neighbours, to whom he can point out the identical objects themselves, with which he hasbeen been conversant, and whose qualities he has been able, in part, to ascertain.In this way we are enabled to account for a fact that must have attracted the notice of every agricultural observer, namely, that striking improvements in this line bave ever been of a local nature; and that though these may advance rapidly for a certain time in a particular district, it has always been found to be a matter of no small difficulty to extend them into other districts, or to make them be adopted in other countries. To give an example : every person who has but entered on the study of agriculture, has heard of three or four grand divisions of soils, viz. clays, sands, loams, and gravels; and to each of these terms he annexes an appropriated idea, which particularly corresponds with the qualities of such soils as have been denominated clays, sands, loams, and gravels, in his native place; so that, whenever a soil of any of these denominations occurs to him, whether in conversation or in writing, he thinks it must be somewhat similar in its nature and qualities to the soils which he has been accustomed to discriminate by those names. But, as the clays of one region are extremely different from the clays of another region, some of the soils so called being endowed with almost inexhaustible fertility, while others are From Dr. Anderson, ft as justly characterized by that of insuperable sterility, and as there are innumerable shades between these two extremes; as it also happens, that there is a diversity equally great in regard to every other peculiarity of clay, as that which respects its vegetative power; it must follow that, whenever a clayey soil is mentioned among any number of farmers, that single word must convey to each of them a separate idea; and as each of them thinks he understands the word perfectly well, they are not prepared to guard against the fallacy to which this gives birth, or to correct the errors which originate in this source. If it be likewise adverted to, that a similar undefined diversity takes place in regard to soils of every other denomination, it will appear very obvious to every considerate person, that so long as deficiency of language shall be unadverted to, agriculture, as a science, must be at a stand.To remedy this evil, several plans have been projected; among others, Gregoire proposed in the National Convention, to simplify the language as far as it related to arts, and reduce it to elements

never laid it aside with more regret than I do at concluding it.LETTER LETTER XXVII.The Military SchoolChamp de MarsThe Manufactory of the GobelinsMunicipal Hall Garde Meuble.TheMilitary school, erected in , after the designs of Gabriel, has not suffered by the Revolution, the reason of which is obvious; it was used as a barrack for soldiers. It is seen to most advantage from the road leading to Versailles, on the opposite side of the Seine. The prospect thence is extremely pleasing, as you have, at one view, the Champ de Mars, fenced by a double row of trees, extending from the bank of the river to the Military school, by which it is traversed at its extremities, and a little to the left, the Hospital of Invalids and its gardens. But the effect is by no means so grand when you approach the place itself. It is now converted into a barrack for the regiment of Consular Horse Guards, commanded by Beauharnois, and there is very little to be seen or said about it. We were permitted to walk round the piazzas that encircle the court, beneath which, the soldiers were sleeping in groupes. Such a solemn stillness reigned throughout the whole building, that wec  might\might have fancied ourselves in a convent of Benedictins The Champ de Mars, which many people have mistaken for a Campus Martius, is now the dullest and most solitary spot near Paris. Formerly, the altar of Federation stood on its centre, but now every monument of the best time of the Revolution is levelled with the ground. Those who were witnesses of the ceremonial of the Federation, will find full scope for meditation, as they traverse this field; and when we reflect upon the many philosophical, conventional, and directorial anticks and commentaries on rapine and bloodshed which have been exhibited and practised here, it will be admitted, that it is worth the trouble of visiting. All the blasphemous pantomimes which were performed in commemoration of the sanguinary freaks of the Republic, were represented on the Champ de Mars. The pencil of David has been often employed on the scenery, and the pen of Chenier ran with blood as he composed the Paeans of Jacobinism. By way of an under plot, fancy you are present when Maximilian Robespierre descends from the mountain, and with a lighted torch sets fire to the altar of Atheism, while all the people exclaim, “There is a God! Or Field of March, so called, because the assemblies of the people were held there in early ages. The month of March, or the beginning of May, was generally the time of those meetings.Long Long live Robespierre! Long live the National Convention !”All this sounds like fiction; a sober man will think it too poetical to be true, yet everv particular which I have mentioned, actually  took place on this very field.The manufactory of the Gobelins still exists, though its productions are in no request, and have even grown out of fashion. It is kept up at the expence of the nation, in the same manner as it was formerly maintained by the court. During the monarchy it was in a very thriving condition, and consequently the number of workmen far exceeded those at present employed. The different apartments contain many very beautiful tapestries, taken from original paintings of Trench artists, but they can find no purchasers. Nothing can be more exquisite than the colouring and accurate workmanship of the articles produced here; a single piece requires two or three years labour, and the price generally amounts to about three hundred pounds sterling. But the workmen are not paid more than three shillings a day each for their sedentary and tasteful occupation. This may be easily accounted for, as the manufactory belongs to the government, and there is no sale whatever of its works. It is, however, praiseworthy in the government, to maintain, at its own expense, this establishment, without which, the manufactory, and perhaps the art itself, would fall to decay. Fashions are changing constantly, and perhapsthe Gobelins may again have its day.

picturesque and irregular form, consisting of eight stories, and twenty-three windows in front. It faces the west. A magnificent precipice, of four or five hundred feet in height, rises from the cave, and overhangs the monastery in such a manner, that when the Arnauts, who ravaged great part of the Morea, found it impossible to take the monastery in front, on account of the narrow and defensible passes, they attempted to roll down upon it large masses of stone from the precipice above; but they all fell beyond the walls of the consecrated edifice. The monks, of course, were not backward in ascribing this circumstance to a miracle. The garden of the convent is in its front, and situated on a quick slope, supported by terrace walls, and approached by zigzag ways. Some cypresses, which grow in the garden, add greatly to its picturesque effect. When I requested permission to inspectthe church, the monks seemed more desirous of showing their cellar, which is indeed one of the finest in the world. It occupies the greater part of the ground floor; and was filled with large casks, which contain wine of a better quality than that usually found in the Morea, and it is, moreover, always cool. Salique, enchanted by the delicious sight, swore, by the sword of Mohamed, that he would become a monk himself, if it could be done without abandoning the religion of the prophet. The church is incrusted with ancient marbles, embellished with gilding, and sanctified with the paintings of Panagias and Saints. It is illuminated with silver lamps, but badly lighted from without.Megaspelia is the largest monastery in Greece, and owes its foundation or completion to the Greek emperors John Cantacuzene and Andronicus, and Constantine Palaeologus. It supports about four hundred and fifty monks, most of whom are dispersed about the country, and engaged in superintending the metochia, and cultivating the land. Its currant plantations are considerable, and produce , pounds weight annually. It is a (Sua-iXixa, pomrrtigicc,or royal monastery, and enjoys great privileges. The hegoumenos, or abbot, is elected yearly; but the same individual is frequently re-elected, if his conduct has been approved. When they cease to hold that place they are denominated vgonyovptm,and are more respected than the other monks.The palladium of this monastery is an image of the Virgin, that is said to have been made by Saint Luke. This attracts the visits of pilgrims, and makes a great addition to the revenue of the pious establishment. The situation of Megaspelia is damp, and the monks are subject to the rheumatism.The country round the monastery is rich in combinations of picturesque grandeur and sublimity. Woods of aged growth are seen upon the mountains; and the rocks are precipitously bold.The largest monastery in the Morea, after that of Megaspelia, is Taxiarchi, which is about an hour and a half from Bostitza towards the mountains. It is also a /a<nX<*? f/,ovu.ffryigiot.: and the monks inflame the devotion of the pilgrims by the sight of the spunge which was given to the thirsting Saviour, and of the uituvdifov o-nQavov,or crown of thorns, which he wore.TO GUSUMISTRISOn the th, we quitted the wonderful scenery of Megaspelia, and directed our steps towards Patra, where my journey in Greece was to close.We descended by a winding way, and traversed a bridge over the rapid Bouraikos. Having crossed a bridge over another stream we saw a village to our right called Kerpini, and soon after entered the plain of Kalabry ta. In two hours from Megaspelia we crossed a bridge of six arches, and observed some small Doric columns and capitals lying on the ground, and a sepulchral spelaion,or cave, formed in the rock. It is at present used as a church, and the roof is ornamented with square compartments. Near it is another sepulchral chamber, which is also hewn in the rock. A few minutes more brought us to a clear spring that is only a short distance from Kalabryta, which is seen on the left. This is perhaps the

and his gallant crew heartily seconding his wishes, they shaped their course accorc?ingly. Soon after, the Naiad struck on a bank, but this misfortune only served to heighten their atdor. She was soon afloat again, and presently the engagement commenced, which was crowned with all the success the intrepidity and bravery of our tars deserved. The havoc was dreadful on board the enemy’s ships; they lost several hundred men, while we, from superior skill in manceuvering, escaped with only one man wounded. Meanwhile, the enemy’s Vice Admiral got under weigh, in order to capture the brig and xebec, which, in fact, so far from assisting, were only an hindrance to the Naiad.It is well known, that vessels of low construction, light guns, and with few hands on board, are not altogether the fittest fliips to combat a Barbarian man of war which always carries such immense numbers of men. Bille seeing the danger his companions were exposed to from the crowded decks of the Barbarian, was obliged to give up a certain triumph to save them, and although one of the enemy’s ships which he engaged was about to strike, hastened to relieve his friends. A lucky shot, however, from the Naiad, carrying away the Vice-admiral’s bowsprit, crowded with men ready for boarding the brig, assistance became unnecessary. Meanwhile Bille kept up a running fight with the other ships, which were all under weigh, but seeing the fate of their Vice-Admiral, prudently declined further pursuit.Evening coming on, Bille was unable to resume the conflict, and reluctantly quitted the harbour; having, by this action, confirmed the good opinion entertained of his frigate, saved two of our (hips from destruction, and, above all, preserved the glory which our ancient naval heroes have transmitted to us untarnished.The following day a flag of truce was sent by the Dey, to invite Bille on shore, when an honor was conferred on him never before shewn to any European officer. The guns on the ramparts saluted him on his landing; and he was received most obligingly by the Dey, who requested the loan of some carpenters to refit his disabled ships. The request was granted.Captain Bille, for the re-establishment of peace, went on an embassy to the Emperor of Morocco.The great services rendered to his country by this excellent and deserving ossicer, were not unrewarded. The King of Denmark made him a Chamberlain. The King of Sweden created him a Knight of the Sword, and the merchants of Copenhagen veted him an elegant service of plate. His ossicers were promoted, and medals distributed to those of his crew who had been particularly distinguished for their exertions.The next morning we left Ellineur, taking the road which runs along the coast. On either side we beheld fishing towns, gentlemen’s seats, farms, woods, grouping indiscriminately, and presenting a most beautiful contrast to the naked shores of Schonen. Having set out early, we enjoyed the pleasure of our walk with every additional satisfaction a sine morning could give it. By noon we reached Hirschholm, an insignificant hamlet, which derives its name from the adjacent palace, built by Christian the Sixth, on the spot where Dhis valiant queen, by personal prowess, overcame a stag. The situation of this decaying palace is so low, that the roof is on a level with the high road. It affords a striking example of the singularity of that monarch, who impatiently sought the gratisication of every trifling whim, or capricious humor- When I reflect on his reign, I cannot avoid smiling at the manner in which German travellers speak of his public works, by comparing the present state of Denmark with the days of Christian the Sixth, who erected the Palace of Chriftiansborg without burthening his people with the expense; they studiously inser the inequality of our means, and loudly tell the world our state is on the decline. Nothing, however, but German sagacity could devise so empty a conjecture, and to their solicitude

frequently in spite of himself But this was in the court of chancery. It is the inferior courts which most interest the great mass of the people. In chancery, if the scales of justice sometimes labour, the suitors in general can afford to oil them. Let the laws take care of the poor; the rich can take care of themselves: the widow’s cruise I wish to spare.I shall now shew you, by a single fact, the practical operation of law in England.In the year , the number of writs, from ￡ to ￡ only, which issued in Middlesex, amounted to . The sums sued for amounted to ￡,. If not one of these writs had been defended, the costs would have amounted to ￡,. Had they been defended, the amount of costs would have arisen to ￡,! This I do not expecl: you will believe. What havoc among the poor! Sir William Blackstone says, the impartial administration of justice is the great end of civil society. But such justice as the above, one would suppose would soon be the complete end of civil society.Coleman, in his comedy of the Poor Gentleman,imagines the following dialogue between Sir Robert Bramble and Humphrey. Sir Rob.”Is there any distresses in the parish? Read the morning list, Humphrey.” Humph.”Jonathan Haggens of Muck Mead is put in prison.” Sir Rob.”Why, it was but last week, Gripe, the attorney, received two cottages for him by law, worth sixty pounds.” Humph.” And charged a hundred and ten for his trouble; so, seized the cottages for part of his bill, and threw Jonathan in jail for the remainder.”I know not where I read the following story, which though in the oriental style, was doubtless fabricated in England.Tanghi, a young and gay Chinese, had married the daughter of a wealthy Arab, whose dowry was three horses. Who was so happy as Tanghi! He had a very pretty wife, and what, in some countries,is still more valuable than women, three of the finest horses in the empire. It is no wonder that Tanghi was disposed to make a gay appearance: he sported his horses to the admiration or envy of all Peking. But if wisdom is sometimes rash, how should folly know where to stop? Tanghi soon sported away his property, and in a moment of distress, sold his finest horse, on a short credit. Tchin-chan, the purchaser, had a very particular friend, a lawyer, who commanded no little practice at Peking. This friend had long expected to become the proprietor of at least one of these Arabian horses; and when his friend Tchin-chan informed him of the purchase, the lawyer naturally inquired, if the money was paid? To oblige his friend. Tchinchan promised to refuse payment. The lawyer immediately wrote a note to Tanghi, informing him, that Tchin-chan designed to refuse payment, and politely offered his services in recovering the money. At the end of nine months, Tanghi got judgment for the whole sum with interest. But Tchin-chan, by the advice of his friend,appealed to a higher tribunal; but Tanghi still recovered the money with interest. After another appeal in the last resort, final judgment with costs and interest was given in favour of Tanghi For they think, in China, with Sir William Blackstone that, impartial justice is the great end of civil society The story adds, that just before final judgment, Tanghi’s two other horses were attached by his lawyer.Is it not remarkable that legislation, which ought to be the first, has in all countries been the last concern of nations? While people are making telescopes, twenty feet long, to discover new systems, they are regardless of man, the glory of their own system! Could not an Englishman visit the United States, and retort much of this letter back again ? / believe he might.There is one petty institution in London which merits all my admiration. It is the only instance which I have ever founds of a discrimination between the rich and the poor. This institution is a Court of Requests,without appeal, for the recovery of debts under forty shil It is very true, the laws of property make no distinction between man and man, A poor man is secure of

coming to his knowledge, he bought them of .his friend, and the next morning with the clothes slung over his back he proceeded to the gentleman’s house, and pacing to and fro before the door, began to bawl’ Mr. ’s old clothes to sell.’ The servants hearing their master’s name repeated, came to the door, and after discovering the Jew’s design, found it expedient to buy them back at his own price.” “Aye, there was some wit in this; but any one in the trade might have new glossed an old hat, or cut a broad brim narrower.” “No,” said he, “though it is very easy to overreach the same man twice, yet to deceive him twice in the same article, belongs only to Rag Fair.” » ” Pray, do yourselves never buy bad bargains, and do you know just how long a coat has been worn?” “Yes, we can generally tell within an hour; and not only how long worn, but the style of life of the wearer. This coat was an auctioneer’s, who was left handed: you see, though apparently a new coat it is quite threadbare under the left arm : when worn most at the back, that is the mark of a gentleman; if at the left elbow and at the right cuff, of an author; if at the shoulder, of a lounger; if at the pockets, it is a sign of a merchant, stockjobber or attorney.” “How do you judge of small clothes?” “We can speak more positively to them: the profession is generally found under the hip; and if they had no profession, it is easily ascertained whether they were sedate or restless, whether their gait was long or short. Here was a poor fellow who led a very unhappy life: see, his breeches are worn equally on both kneqs, in the seat, and behind, and are nearly threadbare, though they could not have been worn more than three weeks. Here was one who had the gout to a cruel degree.” ” But,” said I, “can you conscientiously sell these clothes for new, could you find a purchaser? They would be sent back to Rag Fair again, the next day.” “And why,” said he, “should this be the only honest trade in London? In these times a poor man cannot be honest.”Theobservations which will escape me in this letter will necessarily be invidious ; yet, as they will conduce to a knowledge of the English system, I shall not forbear them.I seem to have found a new religion, so different is its aspect, in this country, from that which it discovers in New England.Whenever religion degenerates into ceremony, or becomes the crooked way of worldly ambition, it becomes a matter of mockery with the profane, and of indifference with the more serious. The priest, who instead of supporting the Cross of Christ, thinks it sufficient to wear it on the back of his robe ; or he, who in the moment of a “nolo episcopar’i”’accepts a bishoprick, must expecl; to meet with that ridicule to which he is justly liable. Whip me those delicate saints, who have exchanged the coarse garments of the apostles for The catholic priests, in time of divine service, wear the figure of the cross on the back of their gowns: in spite of the sanctity of the place, I could not but mile when I first saw this singular etei’cnceto one of Christ’s most positive precepts.Lthe courtly dress of the pharisees: who, instead of challenging credit to the gospel, by humility, moderation and meekness, resort to the pen. Christ never designed his religion should be supported by Aristotle’s Logic, nor Euclid’s Elements. The gospel is an appeal to the heart; its operation, on the life; and its sanction, at the hour of death. All the arguments, which depth of research, and acuteness of mind can bring, weigh not against my disbelief, if he who brings them inhabits a palace, and gains another tythe by my conversion. Yet I may be in an error: our Saviour, you know, will, at his second coming, be preceded by the sound of the trumpet, and will come in great glory: now to whom should he come, if not to the heads of his church? consequently, his reception ought to be equal to the occasion. He tells you, his followers shall inherit the earth; hence, magnificent state will be evidence of heirship. But then St. Peter, when he delivered the

appeared in abstract algebra, not in geometry or natural philosophy. His admirers may probably excuse what he has done, by urging what remained to be done. But a wide field is yet open to mathematicians. There is no reason to persuade us, that the future exertions of genius may not unfold secrets of nature as numerous and as valuable as those which have been already investigated. Let us hear from Waring himself what he has performed in one of his greater! works : ” Hisce meditationibus Jims jam impoKcndus est; hoc contentus quod transformationes, methodus detegendl impossibiles, affirmativas, et negaiivas radices, const ‘itutiones, reductiones, et solutiones, lequattonum exterminationes, trrationalium quantitatum; et proprieiates integrorum numerorum, et aquationwn, &c. : modis, nifaJlor magis generalibus qiiam ab aUis factum est tradiderim.-] Med. Alg. Ed., ad finem. The Professor addresses the person created by the title of ” Filius.” am now to conclude these meditations ; and I am content vitfi having explained in a more general manner than any precedNo one can be even most superficially acquainted with Dr. Waring’s works, without feeling convinced that he was possessed of extraordinary abilities ; but this conviction must be attended by regret that they were exerted so little to the benefit of mankind. The primary and professed object of the work already mentioned is to facilitate the solution of a general equation of ndimensions. In the firft place, if the equation could be solved, no purpose of natural philosophy would be promoted. In the second place, it cannot be solved : nothing therefore has been done, except to make a few advances to an object which will never be attained. It may be asserted, and will be allowed, that the ” Meditationes Algebraicse”contain many beautiful theorems, and display profound algebraical skill : but the skill has been misapplied to a useless subject; and a few beauties cannot atone for the harshness, the obscurity, and the total absence of interesting matter, which form the general character of the book.Dr. Waring used to assert, that his writings were understood only by two or three mathematicians ining writers can boast of, transformations, the methods of discoTering impossible, positive and negative roots, the nature of equations, the reducing and solving them, the rxterminating irrational quantities from them, the properties of whole numbers, equations, rc. The equation is generally written thus : n n i n X p X -\-<JX CfC.= and sinre the greatest index is n,the equation is said to be of ndimensions.Europe,Europe, and at the same time used to examine the B. A. candidates for Dr. Smith’s prizes in them. What then could his examination be considered but an annual experiment, how much a bachelor of arts could remember of what he did not understand ?But whatever may be the character of his writings, his own was such as to secure the affection and efteem of all who enjoyed his acquaintance. Among those who survive him, Dr. Paley joins in regarding his memory with the greatest respect. Their attachment was founded on the goodness of his heart, the integrity of his principles, on his genius and knowledge; not on the charms of his conversation, which is represented as unentertaining, nor on the fascination of his manners, which, at least in the earlier part of his life, were destitute of all attractive polish. It is mentioned that at the Hyson Club, when he wished to explain a mathematical subject, he used to dip his finger into a tea-cup and draw a figure on the table, without very accurately observing whether the tea-cup was his own. There was about him a simplicity and an ignorance of the world, which amused his friends while it engaged their affection. This part of his character will be best displayed by an anecdote.When he married he left Cambridge, and resided in a house at a short distance from it. As soon as Dr. Paley heard that he was arrived with his bride at his new house, he set off with another friend to call upon hiin.

adduced in vindication of the present bill were by no means in point. The bills of indemnity alluded to had passed subsequent to periods of open rebellion, insurrection, or detected conspiracy, and the retrospective ,.’ operation of them was short and recent. But the present bill extended to the monstrous term of eight years back, during which a treasonable conspiracy had been affirmed, but had never been proved to exist; nor ,had any one person implicated in it suffered the legal penalties of guilt. The true name of the bill was, “A bdl for the protection and encouragement of secret accusers.” In states deprived of their liberties and oppressed by their laws, such practices had prevailed. In the Annals of Tacitus they might be found, but not in the British history What had made the English administration of justice BOOK’X X X Vthe wonder of the world? because it was donev^-v-O furibus apertis,and the accuser and accused are  confronted. Shall so great a power be entrusted to ministers as had been exercised by them under the successive suspensions of the Habeas^Corpus act, and their responsibility at length end in a bill of indemnity? The present bill establishes a Systemof secret accusers, thus adopting the worst parts of the worst governments. Why not fairly avow the object, and confess that this government could be no longer conducted otherwise than by the adoption of the principles of the most degenerate states? What could that decision be called but iniquitous, which first pronounces on the guilt of individuals, without allowing them to be heard in their defence, and then deprives them, when released from their dreary dungeons, of the necessary means of vindicating their character, or regaining any degree of consideration or respect in society?After long and vehement debates, the bill passed through both houses by nearly the. accustomed majorities.A vacancy having recently occurred in the representation of the borough of Old Sarum, the celebrated Mr. John Home Tooke was returned as one of the members for it: but no sooner had he appeared in his place, than lord Temple Bookgave notice that he should object to the validityXXXV^~v~iuofthe election, on the ground of the ineligibility isoi. cf persons in holy orders to sit in that house; and on the th of May the noble lord accordingly moved, that a new writ be issued for the borough of Old Sarum. After an ingenious and learned discussion of the question; it was superseded, on a division of  to voices, by the order of the day; the chancellor of the exchequer declaring his intention of bringing in a bill for the purpose of removing all doubts respecting this point, and for declaring the clergy ineligible to the house of commons. The bill of incapaciciergy ;n. tation was in a short time introduced; but so farcapacita-’tion act. were the framers of it from wishing to offer any indignity to the gentleman who was the acci-i dental occasion of the measure, that a clause was expressly inserted to limit its operation and effect to future parliaments. The deportment of Mr. Tooke in the house was, indeed, so perfectly decorous, as rather to create a prepossession in his favor, than any prejudice against him. Of the propriety of the bill itself, which passed by great majorities through both houses, there can be no rational doubt. As a matter of fact, it is certain that for centuries the clergy had been almost universally considered as inca? pable of sitting in the house of commons: and, regarding the question in a theoretical view, as the members of the clerical body are repre- Booksented, or supposed to be represented, in con-^^^L? vocation, they can have no right to he repre- lSl? sented in parliament likewise. But a far better reason for declaring or enacting this ineligibility is, that, of all the various classes of men, the clergy of all denominations have made the worst use of power whenever it has been entrusted in their hands. “Clergymen,” says the great and good lord Clarendon, “understand the least, and take the worst measure, of human affairs, of